Find out which stocks performed best in today's range-bound market

Markets were flat today, yet Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobrás, Sempra Energy, Exelon Corp showed impressive gains and made this list of top gainers.

Markets did not have a clear cut direction — S&P 500 closed 4,155 after a stable day. Dow Jones closed at 33,977 after a flat day.

Current market events are being influenced by ambiguous macro data as United States Building Permits (Mar) came out at 1.41 million, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 1.45 million.

Despite today's flat session, several utilities stocks are managing to post notable gains. Take a look at the market's Top Gainers:

+0.42%: Exelon levels up 0.42% in today's session; traders eye opening bell in 14 hours time

Exelon Corp recovered from the previous trading session's losses and went up to $42.85 today after it traded lower at $42.59. The company's market cap currently stands at $42.61 billion with an average daily trading volume of 7 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 15.25%.

Sempra Energy | Closed +0.67% at $156.02

The energy infrastructure company has fallen back around 11.77% from the significant high of $175.65 set 7 months ago. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 6.04%. Sempra's market cap currently stands at $49 billion with an average daily volume of 1.32 million shares. Sempra Energy is forecasted to generate revenues of $3.36 billion and EPS of $2.06.

Centrais Electricas Brasileiras | Closed +1.17% at $6.92

Centrais Electricas Brasileiras ended yesterday at $6.84. today it went up to $7 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $6.92.